Nyssa Virtual School, Nyssa OR - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Nyssa Virtual School

Nyssa Virtual School is a full-time online public school serving students from kindergarten through eighth grade. It is a regular school within the Nyssa School District 26, not a charter or alternative program, and it sits outside the standard testing regime for high school grades only because it does not yet serve any students in grades nine through twelve. A parent considering this school will want to understand two things at the outset: the school is built for virtual instruction, and it currently has no upper-grade enrollment, meaning the student body stops at eighth grade.

The school is located in Nyssa, a small rural city on the Snake River at the Idaho border in eastern Oregon’s Treasure Valley. The community is an agricultural and food-processing center, with onion and potato packaging plants anchoring the local economy. The closure of the Amalgamated Sugar Company plant in the recent past remains a defining economic event, removing a large number of seasonal jobs. Nyssa has a traditional small-town Main Street layout and is heavily automobile dependent. Housing values in the area are well below state and national benchmarks, making it a relatively affordable place to live. The school’s address on Adrian Boulevard places it within the town’s commercial corridor.

The enrollment is small and concentrated in the elementary and middle grades. The student body is predominantly white, with a modest share identifying as two or more races and a smaller share identifying as Hispanic. Data on the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price meals, receive special education services, or are identified as English learners was not available. A parent may want to ask the school directly about these support populations, as they affect the type of services a virtual program can deliver.

State assessment results are available for grades three through eight, and the picture is mixed. In English language arts, the school’s performance is strong. Across all tested grades, the proficiency rate sits above the midpoint for districts in Malheur County, and the school overall ranks in the top quartile among county districts on a combined proficiency measure. The strongest results come in third grade and seventh grade, where a substantial majority of students met the bar. Math results are more uneven. About half of students in fourth and seventh grade were proficient, while rates in fifth and sixth grade were lower. Eighth-grade math was a stronger area, with a clear majority proficient. Science results show a split: fifth-grade science proficiency was lower, while eighth-grade science was a stronger area with a solid majority proficient. Because the data covers only a single year, it is not possible to say whether these scores reflect a trend.

The school has no graduation rate to report, since it does not yet serve high school students. The enrollment numbers show zeros in every high school grade. Whether the school plans to expand into those grades or is designed as a kindergarten-through-eighth-grade program is not stated in the data. A parent with an older student should clarify this directly.

No program offerings, course access data, or staffing ratios were available. The school’s website was not provided, so the specifics of the virtual learning model, curriculum, teacher qualifications, and student support structure are not part of this account. A family considering a fully remote option will want to investigate how the school handles live instruction, asynchronous work, parent involvement, and social connection among students. These details are essential for understanding whether the virtual format will work for a particular child.

The district has no recent parent-relevant changes publicly reported, which means the governance context is stable on the surface.

In sum, Nyssa Virtual School is a small online program in a rural agricultural community, serving elementary and middle grades with above-average English language arts scores on state tests and more variable math results. It does not yet serve high school students, and information about free and reduced-price meal eligibility, special education, English learner services, staffing, and program offerings is missing. A parent considering this school should reach out to the school directly to fill in those gaps, particularly around the virtual model’s structure and supports. The school fits a family that already knows it wants a full-time remote option for a child in kindergarten through eighth grade and is comfortable basing that choice on a limited set of published metrics.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 357%

School 57% · District 34% · ▲ 23 pts above district

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 25 pts above county median

Grade 450%

School 50% · District 39% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Grade 539%

School 39% · District 27% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 642%

School 42% · District 26% · ▲ 17 pts above district

▲ 16 pts above state median

Grade 750%

School 50% · District 31% · ▲ 19 pts above district

▲ 21 pts above state median

Grade 858%

School 58% · District 20% · ▲ 38 pts above district

▲ 31 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 377%

School 77% · District 39% · ▲ 38 pts above district

▲ 37 pts above state median · ▲ 51 pts above county median

Grade 459%

School 59% · District 40% · ▲ 19 pts above district

▲ 18 pts above state median · ▲ 23 pts above county median

Grade 565%

School 65% · District 46% · ▲ 19 pts above district

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Grade 669%

School 69% · District 40% · ▲ 29 pts above district

▲ 29 pts above state median

Grade 777%

School 77% · District 54% · ▲ 23 pts above district

▲ 33 pts above state median

Grade 875%

School 75% · District 42% · ▲ 33 pts above district

▲ 34 pts above state median

Science

Grade 544%

School 44% · District 32% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

Grade 869%

School 69% · District 34% · ▲ 35 pts above district

▲ 43 pts above state median

This schoolNyssa SD 26, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.